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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "global mega crossing lotterry" <megacrossinglotterrysa07@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:24:30 +0000
Subject: BEHOLD YOU HAVE WON A LOTTERY...

PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE
RELEASE CENTRE
WINNING ANNOUNCED FRIDAY 18/11/2005
Ref: 475061725 Batch: 7056490902/188

CONGRATULATIONS


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the Australian
International Lottery program. Your name was attached to ticket number;
4706172507056490902 serial number 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky
numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the
lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum
pay of US$2.1 million (TOW MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THAUSAND US DOLLARS) in
cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$33.6
million shared amongst sixteen lucky winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form
Nine hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international
promotions program. This Lottery was
promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as
part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have
operational base.

Further more your name falls within our African representative office in
Johannesburg South Africa. as indicated in your play coupon and your prize
of US$2.1 Million will be released to you from our paying banks. We hope
with part of your prize, you will participate in our Middle of the year high
stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

How to claim your prize:

Simply contact our fiduciary agents, Dr SANDILE JOMO or MRS. NANCY VAN,
EMAIL ADDRESS: (sandile_jomo@yahoo.com ) to file for your claim. Please
quote your reference, batch and
winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this
notification as well as your full names and address to help locate your file
easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant
or unofficial personnel. Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before end of
NOVEMBER 2005;otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity organizations.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENTS
DR. SANDILE JOME OR MRS NANCY VAN.
EMAIL CONTACT:
sandile_jomo@yahoo.com
PHONE NO :+27 82-67-00-22-5
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY
UINVERSAL BUILDING, 132 ? 133 PARK HURST
BALFOUR ? UNIT 1440. JOHANNESBURG. 2001
GAUTENG.
YOU ARE ADVISE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING AGENTS
IMMEDIATELY.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION .
FORWARD YOUR WINNING NUMBERS,YOUR FULL NAME,YOUR PHONE
AND FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR FULL ADDRESS.
Kind Regards

J.BONGANI
PROMOTIONS MANAGER

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